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IRQ CONFLICTS

I HAVE 4 HARD DRIVES SET UP (1 520KB AND ONE 3.2GIG BROKEN INTO 3 PARTITIONS). I AM GETTING THAT "RUNNING IN MSDOS COMPATABILITY MODE" ERROR AND WANT TO FIX IT. WHEN I LOOK AT DEVICE MANAGER IN SYSTEM PROPERTIES IT SAYS THAT I HAVE IRQ CONFLICTS (TWO DRIVES USING THE SAME IRQ). HOW DO I FIX THIS? DO I CHANGE IT ON THE HARD DRIVE? HOW DO I ASSIGN TWO DIFFERENT IRQ'S/LET THE COMPUTER KNOW? TODD

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rmarotta

Have these drives ever worked correctly together, or is it a problem that just occurred?
If a new installation, did you pay close attention to the jumper setting for the drives? (master/slave)
To save time in solving your problem, it will be helpful to know more about your computer.
Please list the components of your system that might apply.
(Motherboard, CPU, RAM, Hard Drive(s), CD-ROM, Soundcard, etc.)
Regards,
Ralph

BIGTJ42

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I APPRECIATE THE HELP! FIRST, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO MY "REGISTRY" SO I CAN REMOVE THE "NOIDE 01 STATEMENT". WHERE IS THIS LOCATED?
SECOND, I DISCONNECTED THE CD ROM AND 3.2 GIG DRIVE (W/OUT ELIMINATING THE NOIDE STATEMENT) AND IT STILL SAYS THERE'S A CONFLICT ON MY "C" DRIVE AND IS IN MS-DOS COMPAT. MODE. MY CONFIG SYS AND AUTOEXEC ARE EMPTY.
IF YOU COULD LEAD ME TO THE NOIDE STATEMENT OR HAVE AN ANY IDEAS OF WHAT I MIGHT BE DOING WRONG I'D BE THANKFUL.

TODD

stevemiller

To acess your registry type: regedit at the Start/Run box.
The registry will pull up.

Search for entry using the path I showed you above.

If the entry does not exist then just perform the hardware instructions given to you.

stevemiller

BIGTJ42

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STEVE:
THERE IS NO "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ETC." IN REGEDIT. NOR THE NOIDE STATEMENT. NOT TO SOUND UNEDUCATED (I'VE NEVER WORKED WITH REGEDIT) but what do i DO AFTER I OPEN REGEDIT?
TODD